Workshop Agenda

8:00

Continental Breakfast, Registration, Pre-Networking

8:40

Welcome Remarks

Dr. Anthony Atchley, Associate Dean for Research and Administration, College of Engineering, Penn State

Phil Weilerstein, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)

Is Technology Entrepreneurship for You?

Gavin McIntyre, Co-Founder, Ecovative Design

10:00

Idea Validation and Opportunity Assessment

Ujjwal Gupta, Co-Founder, Watermelon Express

Dr. Anthony Warren, Professor, Smeal College of Business, Penn State University

10:45

Break

11:00

Marketing and Team Building

Tyler Droney, President, GroceryU

Linda Feltman, Senior Business Analyst, Small Business Development Center, Penn State University

11:45

Launching and Growing a Technology Venture: An Entrepreneur's, CEO's and Venture Capitalist's View

Shabbir Dahod, Founder - iWant, CEO - Tracelink, Venture Partner - FirstMark Capital

12:30

Lunch & Networking

1:30

Issues in Intellectual Property

Chris Rothe, IP Attorney, RatnerPrestia

2:15

The perfect business plan, slide show, & "elevator speech"

Pat McNamara, Slide 12 Group, www.slide12.com

3:00

Break

3:15

Finding the Money

Dr. Kenji Uchino, Professor, College of Engineering, Penn State & Sr. Vice President and CTO, Micromechatronics Inc

Phil Park, Business Incubator Manager, CBICC

4:00

Ending Remarks

5:00 - 7:00

Networking Reception at the Atherton Hotel
Cash Bar + Hors d'oeuvres